1:03 — Why the Church Should Make More Ugly Art

On this episode of the Renew the Arts podcast, your hosts Justus and Michael will take you on a bracing conversational journey into what might seem at first like a strange topic—why the church should make more ugly art. What exactly do they mean by “ugly art”? And why is it so crucial to the church’s witness and ministry to unbelievers and believers alike? Ezekiel 23 is the very ugly passage Michael quoted. You can read several translations here: http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23.html (https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23.htm) The end of the episode features “Baseball Diamond,” (https://thenormalknees.bandcamp.com/track/baseball-diamond) by The Normal Knees (https://thenormalknees.bandcamp.com/), a journal-like artistic entry into the ugliness and destructive consequences of our self-justifying sin nature.